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35-679: Some prominent graduates of the Estonian Academy of Music include singers Aile Asszonyi , Heli Lääts , and Ain Anger , conductors Roman Matsov , Tõnu Kaljuste , Olari Elts , Eri Klas , and Kristiina Poska , composers Arvo Pärt , Lepo Sumera , Erkki-Sven Tüür and Ardo Ran Varres , director Andres Puustusmaa , and actors Tõnu Aav , Heino Mandri , Elmo Nüganen , Ain Lutsepp , Margus Oopkaup , Jan Uuspõld , Tõnu Tepandi and Taavi Eelmaa . Source: The Tallinn Higher Music School

70-530: A chicken" onstage. The subject matter (see synopsis below) did not offend Viennese sensibilities of the time, but in the 19th and early 20th centuries was considered risqué, vulgar, and even immoral. The opera was rarely performed, and when it did appear it was presented in one of several bowdlerised versions. After World War II it regained a place in the standard operatic repertoire and is now frequently performed. A comedic adaptation, Covid fan tutte , (also using other music by Mozart) depicting life during

105-421: A double wedding for the sisters and their "Albanian" grooms. Despina, in disguise as a notary , presents the marriage contract, which only the ladies sign. (The men, of course, realise that this wedding is a sham, and are only playing along with it in order to teach their unfaithful lovers a lesson.) Directly thereafter, military music is heard in the distance, indicating the return of the officers. Alfonso confirms

140-471: A four-year doctoral program in musicology was introduced, whereas in 2000 specific curricula were designed for performers and composers. In 2006 a new program for dramatic art was added, which also has a creative emphasis. Since 1999 the Estonian Academy of Music is based in a building located in the center of Tallinn. Since 2002, it offers a Joint MA in Cultural Management in collaboration with

175-406: A kiss from Dorabella and Fiordiligi (whom the "Albanians" call goddesses) who stand before them. The sisters refuse, even as Alfonso and the doctor (Despina) urge them to acquiesce. Despina urges them to succumb to the "Albanians " ' overtures (aria: "Una donna a quindici anni"—"A fifteen year old woman"). After she leaves, Dorabella confesses to Fiordiligi that she is tempted, and the two agree that

210-414: A mere flirtation will do no harm and will help them pass the time while they wait for their lovers to return (duet: "Prenderò quel brunettino"—"I will take the dark haired one"). Dorabella and the disguised Guglielmo pair off, as do Ferrando and Fiordiligi. The conversation is halting and uncomfortable, and Ferrando departs with Fiordiligi. Now alone with Dorabella, Guglielmo attempts to woo her. She puts up

245-420: A token resistance, and soon she has given him a medallion (with Ferrando's portrait inside) in exchange for a heart-shaped locket (duet: "Il core vi dono"—"I give you my heart"). Ferrando is less successful with Fiordiligi (Ferrando's aria: "Ah, lo veggio"—"Ah, I see it" and Fiordiligi's aria: "Per pietà, ben mio, perdona"—"Please, my beloved, forgive"), so he is enraged when he later finds out from Guglielmo that

280-810: A woman with an unrealised capacity to love. She took part in the world premiere of Sofia Gubaidulina 's oratorio Über Liebe und Hass / About Love and Hate both in Tallinn and at the Olavsdagene Festival in Trondheim. Asszonyi was named best musician of the year 2007 by the Estonian Music Council , and was awarded the annual Estonian Theatre Award for the best operatic performance in 2009. Cos%C3%AC fan tutte Così fan tutte, ossia La scuola degli amanti ( Women are like that, or The School for Lovers ), K. 588,

315-441: Is almost always performed by a mezzo-soprano . Despina is occasionally performed by a mezzo, such as Cecilia Bartoli , Frederica von Stade , Agnes Baltsa , Ann Murray and Ginger Costa-Jackson . Ferrando and Fiordiligi, however, can only be sung by a tenor and a soprano because of the high tessitura of their roles. The instrumentation is as follows: Mozart and Da Ponte use the theme of "fiancée swapping", which dates back to

350-611: Is an opera buffa in two acts by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart . It was first performed on 26 January 1790 at the Burgtheater in Vienna, Austria. The libretto was written by Lorenzo Da Ponte who also wrote Le nozze di Figaro and Don Giovanni . Although it is commonly held that Così fan tutte was written and composed at the suggestion of the Emperor Joseph II , recent research does not support this idea. There

385-492: Is evidence that Mozart's contemporary Antonio Salieri tried to set the libretto but left it unfinished. In 1994, John Rice uncovered two terzetti by Salieri in the Austrian National Library . The short title, Così fan tutte , literally means "So do they all", using the feminine plural ( tutte ) to indicate women. It is usually translated into English as "Women are like that". The words are sung by

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420-470: Is no such thing as a faithful woman. He lays a wager with the two officers, claiming he can prove in a day's time that those two, like all women, are fickle. The wager is accepted: the two officers will pretend to have been called off to war; soon thereafter they will return in disguise and each attempt to seduce the other's lover. The scene shifts to the two women, who are praising their men (duet: "Ah guarda sorella"—"Ah look sister"). Alfonso arrives to announce

455-605: The Estonian Academy of Arts and Estonian Business School . The present name of the academy – Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre – was adopted in 2005. At the academy, Estonian Academy of Music and Theater Symphony Orchestra is operating. The orchestra was probably established in 1921. Aile Asszonyi Aile Asszonyi (born 22 July 1975) is an Estonian soprano who has made an international career, known for dramatic roles such as Puccini's Turandot , Wagner's Senta and Elektra by Richard Strauss. Asszonyi

490-569: The Staatstheater Saarbrücken , and as Senta in Wagner's Der fliegende Holländer with De Nederlandse Reiseoper. She has sung with conductors such Neeme Järvi , Paavo Järvi and Dirk Kaftan and with directors such as Dmitry Bertman , Michiel Dijkema, Stefan Herheim , Roman Hovenbitzer, Tobias Kratzer , Peter Konwitschny , David Pountney , Daniel Slater , Nicola Raab and Andrejs Žagars . In 2023 Asszonyi appeared in

525-478: The "Albanians" to leave and pledges to remain faithful (aria: "Come scoglio"—"Like a rock"). The "Albanians" continue the attempt to win over the sisters' hearts, Guglielmo going so far as to point out all of his manly attributes (aria: "Non siate ritrosi"—"Don't be shy"), but to no avail. Ferrando, left alone and sensing victory, praises his love (aria: "Un'aura amorosa"—"A loving breath"). The sisters are still pining. Despina has asked Don Alfonso to let her take over

560-708: The 13th century; notable earlier versions are found in Boccaccio 's Decameron and Shakespeare 's play Cymbeline . Elements from Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice and The Taming of the Shrew are also present. Furthermore, it incorporates elements of the myth of Procris as found in Ovid 's Metamorphoses , vii. In a cafe, Ferrando and Guglielmo (two officers) express certainty that their fiancées (Dorabella and Fiordiligi, respectively) will be eternally faithful. Don Alfonso expresses skepticism and claims that there

595-623: The 1930s. The most successful of them was Tiit Kuusik, who was awarded the first prize at the International Singing Competition in Vienna in 1938. The conservatoire became nationalized in 1935. In 1938 the State Drama School was opened. Following the arrival of German occupation powers, the conservatoire struggled to restore its earlier teaching activities. During the March 9, 1944 air raid, the building of

630-756: The Emperor Joseph II and the resulting period of court mourning. It was performed twice in June 1790 with the composer conducting the second performance, and again in July (twice) and August (once). After that it was not performed in Vienna during Mozart's lifetime. The first British performance was in May 1811 at the King's Theatre, London. Così fan tutte was not performed in the United States until 1922, when it

665-1365: The Prix des Donateurs at the Queen Elisabeth Competition in Brussels in 2004. Asszonyi first sang in the Philharmonic Chamber Choir in Estonia. She made her stage debut in 2000 as Despina in Mozart's Così fan tutte at the Theater Vanemuine in Tartu. She participated in the world premieres of Isidora Žebeljan 's operas Zora D and Dve glave i devojka . She was a member of the Estonian National Opera from 2010. Her roles include Haydn's Armida , Mozart's Fiordiligi, both Donna Anna and Donna Elvira in Don Giovanni , Adina in Donizetti's L'elisir d'amore , Verdi's Violetta and Giovanna d'Arco . She then ventured into more dramatic roles such as

700-451: The army and find her betrothed. Before she can leave, though, Ferrando arrives and continues his attempted seduction. Fiordiligi finally succumbs and falls into his arms (duet: "Fra gli amplessi"—"In the embraces"). Guglielmo is distraught while Ferrando turns Guglielmo's earlier gloating back on him. Alfonso, winner of the wager, tells the men to forgive their fiancées. After all: "Così fan tutte"—"All women are like that". The scene begins as

735-406: The bad news: the officers have been called off to war. Ferrando and Guglielmo arrive, brokenhearted, and bid farewell (quintet: "Sento, o Dio, che questo piede è restio"—"I feel, oh God, that my foot is reluctant"). As the boat with the men sails off to sea, Alfonso and the sisters wish them safe travel (trio: "Soave sia il vento"—"May the wind be gentle"). Alfonso, left alone, gloatingly predicts that

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770-481: The conservatoire, as well as most of its equipment, was almost completely destroyed. In November 1944, following another change of power, the conservatoire was reopened. The conservatoire's creative environment began to see revival in the mid-1950s. In 1957 the Drama Faculty was established at the conservatoire, with Voldemar Panso becoming its first head. In 1989, its former name – the “Tallinn conservatoire” –

805-602: The first several months of the COVID-19 pandemic was produced by the Finnish National Opera in 2020. While the use of modern fach titles and voice categories for these roles has become customary, Mozart was far more general in his own descriptions of the voice types, as shown above . Occasionally these voice types are varied in performance practice. Don Alfonso is more frequently performed by baritones such as Thomas Allen and Bo Skovhus and Dorabella

840-406: The medallion with his portrait has been so quickly given away to a new lover. Guglielmo at first sympathises with Ferrando (aria: "Donne mie, la fate a tanti"—"My ladies, you do it to so many"), but then gloats, because his betrothed is faithful. Dorabella admits her indiscretion to Fiordiligi ("È amore un ladroncello"—"Love is a little thief"). Fiordiligi, upset by this development, decides to go to

875-423: The men through their disguises, so he bribes her into helping him to win the bet. The two men then arrive, dressed as mustachioed Albanians (sextet: "Alla bella Despinetta"—"Meet the pretty Despinetta"). The sisters enter and are alarmed by the presence of strange men in their home. The "Albanians" tell the sisters that they were led by love to them (the sisters). However, the sisters refuse to give in. Fiordiligi asks

910-413: The seduction plan. Suddenly, the "Albanians" burst in the scene and threaten to poison themselves if they are not allowed the chance to woo the sisters. As Alfonso tries to calm them, they drink the "poison" and pretend to pass out. Soon thereafter, a "doctor" (Despina in disguise) arrives on the scene and, using magnet therapy , is able to revive the "Albanians". The men, pretending to hallucinate , demand

945-488: The sisters' fears: Ferrando and Guglielmo are on their way to the house. The "Albanians" hurry off to hide (actually, to change out of their disguises). They return as the officers, professing their love. Alfonso drops the marriage contract in front of the officers, and, when they read it, they become enraged. They then depart and return moments later, half in Albanian disguise, half as officers. Despina has been revealed to be

980-452: The three men in act 2, scene 3, just before the finale; this melodic phrase is also quoted in the overture to the opera. Da Ponte had used the line "Così fan tutte le belle" earlier in Le nozze di Figaro (in act 1, scene 7). The first performance of Mozart's setting took place at the Burgtheater in Vienna on 26 January 1790. It was given only five times before the run was stopped by the death of

1015-933: The title role in Beethoven's Fidelio , and both Elisabeth and Venus in Wagner's Tannhäuser . In Europe, she performed the roles of the Mother in Dallapiccola's Il prigioniero at the Oper Graz in 2016, Prothoe in Schoeck's Penthesilea at the Oper Bonn , and Abigaille in Verdi's Nabucco at Theater Regensburg . She appeared as Fata Morgana in Prokofiev's The Love for Three Oranges at Theater Koblenz , as both Wagner's Isolde and Puccini's Turandot at

1050-545: The title role of Elektra by Richard Strauss at the Oper Frankfurt , directed by Claus Guth and conducted by Sebastian Weigle . A reviewer noted that she was convincing from the beginning by both a "energetic voluminous high dramatic voice" and by stage presence, acting as a traumatised woman close to madness. Jan Brachmann from the FAZ experienced her as identifying with her character, and portraying in her monologue

1085-592: The women (like all women) will prove unfaithful (arioso: "Oh, poverini, per femmina giocare cento zecchini?"—"Oh, poor little ones, to wager 100 sequins on a woman"). Despina, the maid , arrives and asks what is wrong. Dorabella bemoans the torment of having been left alone (aria: "Smanie implacabili"—"Torments implacable"). Despina mocks the sisters, advising them to take new lovers while their betrotheds are away (aria: "In uomini, in soldati, sperare fedeltà?"—"In men, in soldiers, you hope for faithfulness?"). After they leave, Alfonso arrives. He fears Despina will recognize

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1120-701: Was born on 22 July 1975. Her mother Aino Asszonyi was an architect. Her maternal grandfather John Pori was a renowned orchestra leader and dance musician. She studied at the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre in Tallinn with Matti Pelo and Helin Kapten, graduating in 2002. She studied further at the studio of the Dutch National Opera from 2002 to 2004, and the Carlo Bergonzi Accademia Verdiana in Busseto . She won

1155-524: Was given at the Metropolitan Opera . According to William Mann , Mozart disliked prima donna Adriana Ferrarese del Bene , da Ponte's arrogant mistress for whom the role of Fiordiligi had been created. Knowing her idiosyncratic tendency to drop her chin on low notes and throw back her head on high ones, Mozart filled her showpiece aria "Come scoglio" with constant leaps from low to high and high to low in order to make Ferrarese's head "bob like

1190-404: Was restored. Four years later the school was renamed the “Estonian Academy of Music” (Eesti Muusikaakadeemia). In 1992 an extensive reform of the study structure was introduced and the school adopted a subject-based study system. Degree studies were introduced enabling students of the four-year program would receive a bachelor's degree. In 1993, a two-year master's degree program was added. In 1996

1225-529: Was the predecessor of the current EAMT, with the opening ceremony taking place on September 28, 1919, in the Estonia Concert Hall. From 1919–1923 the Principal of the school was Mihkel Lüdig. In 1923, it was renamed to Tallinn Conservatoire. The academic level of the conservatoire can be considered to have been relatively high, as many of its students participated in international competitions in

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